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Objects of Design #194: RaFa Kids Furniture

Continuing the quest for cool, contemporary kids furniture (I’m doing the looking so you don’t have to) today I bring you the Dutch company RaFA, run by husband and wife architects Agata and Arek.

F bunk bed from rafa kids
F bunk bed from rafa kids

This loft bed is designed to encourage play, there are two ladders so you can put it anywhere in the room or two children can climb up at once. There is space below for playing, hanging out, or even another bed.

the toddler bed can be wheeled from place to place
the toddler bed can be wheeled from place to place

When my boys shared a room, one was in a loft bed and, for a while, to make the most of the space, the younger one slept in a toddler bed underneath. I only wish it had been as stylish as this.

F and R bed set for two
F and R bed set for two

Or you can choose this version, which is two full-sized beds that can be put together like bunks if the room is shared and/or split up later on.

F and A set for two bigger children
F and A set for two bigger children

In addition to furniture, RaFa (which is named after their initials (Franek and Robert are the children) also stocks bedding.

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vision bedding set

They do have some bright colours too but, you know me, I do love a bit of monochrome and particularly the islands set below.

islands bedding set from RaFa
islands bedding set from RaFa

So if you like what you see here, click the image to go to the site and have a more detailed look. I certainly would have been very happy to have a bed like this when my two were small. And, actually as a minimal teen/adult bed, it’s also very pleasing.

A teen bed and mattress
A teen bed and mattress

 

 

 

Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.